JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippians elected a Democrat to serve in the U.S. Senate, who is the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction. Matt Steffey, a law professor at Mississippi Christian University (MC) School of Law, said it’s hard to tell if Senator-elect Scott Colom’s victory over incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is an outlier […]
Reaction to Scott Colom’s historic US Senate victory in Mississippi
Nov 12, 2026 | 7:13 PM